Table 1.

Study characteristics and mean effect size differences in cortisol response to the DST among depressed youth and comparison groups.

ID	Author	Year	% Inpatient	Control Type	Sex MDD (%males)	Sex-Cont (%males)	Age-MDD	Age-Cont	Time	Dosage	N-MDD	N-Cont	G
1.01	Birmaher et al.	1992	0	Norm	50	66	14.9	15.3	23	1	44	38	0.03
1.02	Birmaher et al.	1992	0	Norm	50	66	14.9	15.3	16	1	44	38	0.30
1.03	Birmaher et al.	1992	0	Norm	50	66	14.9	15.3	8	1	44	38	0.39
2.01	Casat et al.	1994	100	Psych	55	78	10.1	10.8	16	0.5	11	9	-1.08
2.02	Casat et al.	1994	100	Psych	55	78	10.1	10.8	8	0.5	11	9	-0.20
3.01	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	8	1	27	34	0.33
3.02	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	9	1	27	34	0.28
3.03	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	10	1	27	34	0.12
3.04	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	11	1	27	34	-0.16
3.05	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	12	1	27	34	-0.14
3.06	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	13	1	27	34	0.20
3.07	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	14	1	27	34	0.05
3.08	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	15	1	27	34	-0.08
3.09	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	16	1	27	34	-0.07
3.10	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	17	1	27	34	-0.24
3.11	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	18	1	27	34	-0.05
3.12	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	19	1	27	34	-0.12
3.13	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	20	1	27	34	0.00
3.14	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	21	1	27	34	-0.22
3.15	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	22	1	27	34	0.16
3.16	Dahl et al.	1992	48	Norm	41	41	15.3	14.8	23	1	27	34	0.09
4.01	Doherty et al.	1986	100	Psych	57	57	11.5	11.5	8,4.11	1	26	64	0.67
5.01	Extein et al.	1982	100	Psych	40	50	15	16	24	1	15	12	0.97
5.02	Extein et al.	1982	100	Psych	40	50	15	16	12	1	15	12	2.39
5.03	Extein et al.	1982	100	Psych	40	50	15	16	8	1	15	12	2.50
5.04	Extein et al.	1982	100	Psych	40	50	15	16	16	1	15	12	3.27
6.01	Fristad et al.	1988	100	Norm	70	29	9.7	9.3	16	0.5	63	21	0.72
6.02	Fristad et al.	1988	100	Norm	70	29	9.7	9.3	8	0.5	63	21	0.78
6.03	Fristad et al.	1988	100	Psych	70	71	9.7	9.2	8	0.5	63	14	0.81
6.04	Fristad et al.	1988	100	Psych	70	71	9.7	9.2	16	0.5	63	14	0.84
7.01	Ha et al.	1984	100	Psych	75	75	15.38	14.75	23	1	8	4	-0.04
7.02	Ha et al.	1984	100	Psych	75	75	15.38	14.75	16	1	8	4	0.23
8.01	Hsu et al.	1983	100	Psych	51	51	15	15	16	1	14	66	0.77
9.01	Livingston et al.	1984	100	Psych	50	73	9	10.18	16	0.5	4	11	0.23
10.01	Naylor et al.	1990	100	Psych	68	73	11.12	9.68	4	1	25	48	0.44
11.01	Petty et al.	1984	100	Psych	77	77	9.35	10.58	16	0.5	13	6	0.62
11.02	Petty et al.	1984	100	Psych	77	77	9.35	10.58	23	0.5	13	6	0.67
12.01	Pfeffer et al.	1989	100	Psych	71	71	10.5	10.5	8	1	18	27	0.08
12.02	Pfeffer et al.	1989	100	Psych	71	71	10.5	10.5	23	1	12	26	0.27
12.03	Pfeffer et al.	1989	100	Psych	71	71	10.5	10.5	16	1	19	26	0.28
12.04	Pfeffer et al.	1989	100	Psych	71	71	10.5	10.5	16	0.5	16	31	0.30
12.05	Pfeffer et al.	1989	100	Psych	71	71	10.5	10.5	8	0.5	17	31	0.52
12.06	Pfeffer et al.	1989	100	Psych	71	71	10.5	10.5	23	0.5	14	25	0.71
13.01	Poznanski et al.	1982	0	Psych	55	55	10.2	9	16	0.5	9	9	1.00
14.01	Robbins et al.	1983	100	Psych	50	50	15.5	15.5		0.5	23	9	0.51
15.01	Steingard et al.	1990	0	Psych	94	94	11.2	11.2	16	0.1	56	32	0.35
16.01	Targun & Capodano	1983	100	Psych	51	51	15.05	15.05		1	17	103	0.58
17.01	Young et al.	2006	0	Norm	46	47	10	10.3	8	1	11	32	1.07
17.02	Young et al.	2006	0	Norm	46	47	10	10.3	16	0.5	11	32	1.19